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This article presents lists of the literary events and publications in 1710. ==Events== *February - A year after the death of poet John Philips, Edmund Smith prints a "Poem to the Memory of Mr John Philips". Other memorials to the poet this year include "A Poem to the Memory of the Incomparable Mr Philips" by Leonard Welsted, and a monument in his memory is erected by Lord Harcourt in Westminster Abbey, between those to Chaucer and Drayton, with the motto "Honos erit huic quoque pomo" from the title page of Philips' work ''Cyder''. *April 10 - The Statute of Anne, the first modern copyright act, comes into force in Britain. *April 28 - After Thomas Betterton's death this day, the great Shakespearean roles he dominated for a generation are divided up among fellow actors Barton Booth, Robert Wilks, and John Mills (who gets Macbeth). *September 2 - Jonathan Swift, in London, begins his series of letters to Esther Johnson which will be collected and published after his death as ''A Journal to Stella''. *Colley Cibber becomes manager of the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in London. *Antoine Houdar de la Motte is elected to the Académie française, taking the seat vacated by Thomas Corneille. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「1710 in literature」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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